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December 11, 2025

Richard Ortega, Associate Editor, WholeFoods Magazine

Read up on all the latest news in the natural products industry.

2025 Success Toolkit

2025 Challenges & Opportunities

In this special section, find the insights you need to support the health of your business, and the industry overall, in the year ahead.

January 16, 2025

WholeFoods Magazine Contributor

What are the most pressing issues impacting the natural products industry today, and what actions are needed to help sure a healthier future?

Read valuable perspectives from leading industry experts representing CRN, CHPA, Organic & Natural Health, INFRA, SENPA, WIN, GOED, U.S. Hemp Roundtable, ITC + GPA, and MAHO. You'll find the updates, insights, and action steps you need to help support the wellbeing of your business, and the industry overall, in the year ahead.

Natural Products News Briefs: Kerry, Balchem, JAMBAR, PLMA & More

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November 29, 2024

Richard Ortega, Associate Editor, WholeFoods Magazine

Read up on all the latest news in the natural products industry.

U.S. Hemp Roundtable Responds to CA Hemp Bill

State legislators were urged to vote against the Assembly Bill

August 20, 2024

Richard Ortega, Associate Editor, WholeFoods Magazine

Jonathan Miller issues statement regarding the latest developments.

Organic Trade Association Sets Plans for Organic Week

The annual event will host government officials and industry leaders to discuss the landscape of the organic movement.

April 24, 2024

Rebecca Viscomi

The Organic Trade Association' annual Organic Week, will give members an opportunity to come together and explore the future of organics.

Natural Products Industry News Briefs: GOED, Nammex, Gencor & More

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February 12, 2024

Richard Ortega, Associate Editor, WholeFoods Magazine

Catch up on all the latest news in the natural products industry, including sustainability efforts, new partnerships, and more.

2024 Success Toolkit!

Your action guide to supporting the health of the natural products industry—and your business—in the year ahead.

January 17, 2024

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Leading industry experts and analysts offer key insights and action steps that can help you grow your business while also supporting the greater good of the industry at large, and fostering future success.

CBD: The Saga Continues

FDA concluded that there needs to be a new regulatory pathway for CBD that balances consumers’ desire for access to CBD products with regulatory oversight to manage risks.

May 31, 2023

Maggie Jaqua, Content Director

Industry Applauds Legislation to Empower DEA’s Regulation of SARMs

April 26, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C. - Late last night, Sens. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., introduced bipartisan legislation that would enable the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to better enforce selective androgen receptor modulators, otherwise known as SARMs. The SARMs Control Act of 2018 builds on the success of the Designer Anabolic...

Sen. Mitch McConnell Proposing Bill to Legalize Hemp

March 28, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Frankfort, KY - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is pushing to legalize hemp as an agricultural commodity. On Monday, the GOP leader and Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles (R-KY) announced their plan to introduce legislation in the U.S. Senate to support Kentucky’s hemp industry. The Hemp Farming...